A 255 number plate pattern
A set of patterns have been made for our historic Gumdigger carriage A 255, built at Addington Workshops, Christchurch in 1884.
Number, class and smoking plate patterns have been fashioned from MDF material, sealed and painted, ready for casting in brass. A big thanks to Clive Davis, project manager for the A 255 carriage rebuild, for locating the drawings and commissioning the work.
![Gumdigger carriage A18, Dunedin, August 1906. J.A. Arundel Collection.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/a18-dunedin-1906-8-Arundel-JA-collection.jpg?itok=0e6FZvuy)
Original type number, class and smoking plates can be seen in this photograph of sister Gumdigger carriage A18 in service at Dunedin in August 1906. J.A. Arundel Collection.
![First class plate pattern](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/20200422-gumdigger-smoking-plate-IMG_5675.jpg?itok=D3NcVFXu)
First class plate pattern.
![Second class plate pattern](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/20200422-gumdigger-smoking-plate-IMG_5674.jpg?itok=GdGdP7tF)
Second class plate pattern
![Smoking plate pattern](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/20200422-gumdigger-smoking-plate-IMG_5673.png?itok=eFD-qQRK)
Smoking plate pattern. There's no "non-smoking" plate, the presumption being that its non-smoking unless indicated otherwise!